Improvement in pumps



T. l. REAMY.

Pumps.

N0.l57,760, Patented Dec. 15,1874.

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THOMAS J. REAMY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO WILLIAM R. MILLER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT iN PUMPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent Nol57,760, dated December15, 1874; application filed November 9, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. REAMY, of Baltimore, county of Baltimoreand State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Pumps for Wells, of which the following is a specification:

It is a well-known fact that when a bucket is used to take water from awell the water in the well will remain sweet and good for use; but whena pump is used the water in the well soon becomes spoiled, andnecessitates the labor and expense of pumping the well dry and cleaningthe well out. The cause of this is that the bucket takes the water fromthe topthat is, farthest from the source of supply; but the pumpsgenerally in use take the. water from the bottom, or directly contiguousto the source of supply, leaving the surplus water to accumulate above,where it soon becomes tainted and bad.

The object of my invention is to obviate this difficulty in the use ofpumps in wells, and allow of the water being pumped out from the top;and to this end the nature of my invention consists in a vertical pipe,provided with suitable floats, placed in a well, and the upper end ofsaidpipe extending into the lower end of the pump-stock, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichforms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a sectionof a well, showing a side View of a pump embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a perspective view of the vertical pipe with its floats.

A represents a well, and B is the stock of a pump placed therein, forpumping out the water. The pump-stock B is so arranged that it will notreach the water in the well, no matter how high it may be therein. 0represents a pipe of any suitable length, and of smaller outsidediameter than the interior diameter of the pump-stock B. ()n the lowerportion of the pipe 0 are attached horizontal arms D D, each providedwith a float, E, so as to float upon the surface of the water in thewell. The arms D D may be adjustable up and down on the pipe 0 by meansof nuts or other suitable devices, so as to hold the lower end of I saidpipe any desired distance below the surface of the water. The pipe (Jextends up into the pump-stock B, and around the upper end of said pipe0 i is a packing-ring, a, which should fit in and make an air-tightjoint with the pump-stock, and yet allow the pipe to ad just itselffreely up and down therein, according to the height of water in thewell.

By the use of this device the water is always pumped from the top orsurface, and thereby all accumulation of old water is prevented, and thewell will always remain sweet.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the pump-stock B, of the self-adjusting pipe 0,provided with packing a at its upper end and floats E at its lower end,for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I hereunto aflixmy signature this 2d day of November, 1874.

THOMAS J. REAMY. Witnesses:

W. K. DU HAMEL, THOMAS BYRNE.

